It’s officially fall, which means it’s only been a month since the world began “pumpkin spicing” everything . . . including your mom. Yes. Your mom is now pumpkin spice-flavored. (???) Anyway, a website jumped on it and created a list of the best and worst pumpkin-flavored products. There doesn’t seem to be any rationale…… MORE
Category Archives: Morning Show
Starbucks has a new drink
Starbucks is selling the Pumpkin Spice Latte again, but they hadn’t introduced a NEW drink for fall in four years. Finally, our national nightmare is over. Yesterday, they started selling the Toasted Graham Latte. It’s made with espresso, steamed milk, sweet cream, and graham cracker flavoring, with cinnamon and crumbled graham crackers on top. Their…… MORE
How long did it take to get hooked on your favorite show?
You know how people say, “The show starts out slow, but if you can just get through a few episodes, you’ll be addicted”? Well, Netflix did a study to find out how many episodes it takes to get people hooked on various shows. It’s kind of complicated, but basically they know people stop watching if…… MORE
The best time to lie…
If you want to get away with a lie, just drink a ton of water, wait a little while, and resist the urge to use the bathroom. According to a new study at Cal State Fullerton, people are better at lying when they have to pee. Researchers had one group of people drink five glasses…… MORE
The birthday song is worth some bank
If you want to sing “Happy Birthday to You” in a movie or TV show — or technically, in a place of business, like TGI Fridays — you have to pay a licensing fee to the people who own the copyright. But, that may be changing. A judge has ruled that the people who have…… MORE
Selfies kill
It’s official: Selfies have killed more people this year than sharks. A couple Japanese tourists slipped while they were taking a selfie on some stairs at the Taj Mahal this week. One of them broke his leg, and the other guy hit his head, lost consciousness and died. Mashable.com crunched the numbers, and that brings…… MORE
What do you find when you open the pizza box?
A guy in Berkeley, California named Mike Vegas wanted to enjoy his day off on Sunday, so he ordered pizza and wings from Domino’s. But he got called in to work right after the food got there. He only ate one slice, put the rest in the fridge, and took off. Then he was super-busy…… MORE
The best FCC complaints about Miley Cyrus
If there are any guarantees in life, they are that the sun will rise tomorrow, the sun will set tomorrow night and if Miley Cyrus is on the “VMAs”, the FCC is going to get flooded with complaints. It’s such a given that it’s strange anyone would tune in expecting anything different. But it’s also…… MORE
Mom loses her mind over spider, totals car
If you hate spiders, you’ll totally understand what happened here — up to a point — because no phobia should put other people’s lives at risk. A 35-year-old woman named Angela Kipp was leaving her house last Friday in Syracuse, Ind. While she was backing out of her driveway, she saw a spider on her…… MORE
Mom arrested for DUI, after son tells police
A 25-year-old woman named Aubrey McColm drifted over the center line near Indianapolis last Monday, and almost hit a cop car head-on. Apparently the cop couldn’t turn around and catch up to her, so he put out an A.P.B. for the car, and they found it parked outside a house nearby. Then when police talked…… MORE
